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A6 The BulleTin • Tuesday, March 23, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD TUESDAY BASEBALL MLB Preseason, New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers MLB Preseason, L.A. Angels at Texas Rangers College, The Citadel at South Carolina BASKETBALL NCAA Women’s, 2nd Round: South Florida vs N.C. State NCAA Women’s, 2nd Round: Iowa vs Kentucky NCAA Women’s, 2nd Round: Michigan vs Tennessee NCAA Women’s, 2nd Round: Georgia Tech vs W.Va. NCAA Women’s, 2nd Round: Virginia Tech vs Baylor NCAA Women’s, 2nd Round: Oregon State vs S.C. NBA, Los Angeles Lakers at New Orleans Pelicans NCAA Women’s, 2nd Round: Syracuse vs UConn NBA, Brooklyn Nets at Portland Trail Blazers NBA, Philadelphia 76ers at Golden St. Warriors GOLF European Tour, Kenya Savannah Classic HOCKEY NHL, New Jersey Devils at Philadelphia Flyers SOCCER Men’s College, Rutgers at Maryland Men’s College, Michigan at Michigan St. TENNIS ATP/WTA, Miami Open: WTA 1st Round VOLLEYBALL College, UCLA at Stanford Time 10 a.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. TV MLB MLB SEC noon ESPN2 12:30 p.m. ESPNU 2 p.m. ESPN2 2:30 p.m. ESPNU 4 p.m. ESPN, ESPN2 4 p.m. ESPN 4:30 p.m. TNT 6 p.m. ESPN, ESPN2 7 p.m. NBCSNW 7 p.m. TNT 3 a.m. GOLF 4 p.m. NBCSN 9 a.m. 11 a.m. BIG10 BIG10 8 a.m. TENNIS 6 p.m. PAC12 Listings are the most accurate available. ON DECK Prep Sports Tuesday Volleyball: redmond at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m.; hood river Valley at crook county, 6:30 p.m.; Madras at corbett, 6 p.m.; santiam christian at la Pine, 6 p.m.; culver at north lake/Paisley, 2 p.m.; culver at central christian, 4 p.m.; north lake/Paisley at central chris- tian, 6 p.m. Girls soccer: ridgeview at redmond, 6 p.m.; Philo- math at sisters, 6 p.m. Wednesday Boys soccer: la Pine at summit JV, 3 p.m. Cross-country: redmond rumble Xc meet at sam Johnson Park, redmond. Thursday Football: culver at colton, 5 p.m. Volleyball: corbett at Madras, 6 p.m.; Philomath as sisters, 6 p.m. Boys soccer: ridgeview at The dalles, 4:30 p.m.; hood river Valley at redmond, 4:30 p.m.; sweet home at sisters, 6 p.m. Girls soccer: The dalles at ridgeview, 4:30 p.m.; red- mond at hood river Valley, 4:30 p.m.; sisters at sweet home, 6 p.m.; santiam christian at la Pine, 4 p.m. Friday Football: summit at Mountain View, 7 p.m.; Pend- leton at redmond, 7 p.m.; ridgeview at hood river Valley, 7 p.m.; Madras at crook county, 7 p.m.; sisters at siuslaw, 7 p.m. Volleyball: The dalles at ridgeview, 3:30 p.m. Boys soccer: Mountain View at Bend, 4 p.m. Saturday Football: Vale at la Pine, 1 p.m. Volleyball: crook county at summit, TBd; ridgeview at Pendleton, 11 a.m.; crook county at redmond, 2 p.m. Boys soccer: central linn at la Pine, 4 p.m. Girls soccer: Mountain View at summit, 1 p.m. BASKETBALL NBA SPORTS BRIEFING COLLEGE SPORTS Players seek fairness meeting with NCAA’s Emmert — The leader of an organization that advocates for fairness in the treatment of college athletics has requested that NCAA President Mark Emmert meet via videoconference Tuesday with basketball players who launched the #NotNCAAProp- erty movement. Ramogi Huma, executive director of the Na- tional College Players Association, wrote in a letter to Emmert that he and the players leading the movement want to discuss “the NCAA’s prohibition on college athlete compensation for use of their name, image and likeness as well as the unaccept- able discriminatory treatment of female athletes in the NCAA March Madness Tournament and throughout NCAA member institutions.” Jordan Bohannon of Iowa, Isaiah Livers of Mich- igan and Geo Baker of Rutgers helped start the movement. The hashtag #NotNCAAProperty was trending on social media. An NCAA spokesperson said in a statement Sunday that Emmert “would be happy to connect either virtually or in person when appropriate with any student-athletes who want to engage.” EASTERN CONFERENCE W l Pct Phila. 30 13 .698 Brooklyn 29 14 .674 Boston 21 21 .500 new york 21 22 .488 Toronto 17 25 .405 atlanta 22 20 .524 Miami 22 21 .512 charlotte 21 21 .500 Washington 15 26 .366 Orlando 14 28 .333 Milwaukee 27 14 .659 indiana 19 22 .463 chicago 19 22 .463 cleveland 16 27 .372 detroit 12 30 .286 WESTERN CONFERENCE W l Pct san antonio 22 18 .550 dallas 22 19 .537 Memphis 19 20 .487 new Orleans 18 24 .429 houston 11 30 .268 utah 30 11 .732 denver 25 17 .595 Portland 25 17 .595 Oklahoma city 19 24 .442 Minnesota 10 33 .233 Phoenix 28 13 .683 l.a. lakers 28 15 .651 l.a. clippers 27 16 .628 Golden state 22 21 .512 sacramento 18 25 .419 GB — 1 8½ 9 12½ — ½ 1 6½ 8 — 8 8 12 15½ GB — ½ 2½ 5 11½ — 5½ 5½ 12 21 — 1 2 7 11 FOOTBALL 49ers agree to 1-year deals with Tartt, Wilson — The San Francisco 49ers have agreed to bring back safety Jaquiski Tartt on a one-year deal and sign safety Tavon Wilson to a one-year contract. Two people familiar with the deals con- firmed that the Niners reached the deals with Tartt and Wil- son to bolster their secondary. The people spoke on condi- tion of anonymity because the deals haven’t been announced. Tartt is the latest key free agent the Niners managed to keep for at least another season following deals the team reached with left tackle Trent Williams, fullback Kyle Juszczyk, cor- nerbacks Jason Verrett and Emmanuel Moseley, and nose tackle D.J. Jones. The 29-year-old Tartt was originally drafted in the second round by the 49ers in 2015 and has been a key part of the secondary ever since. He and former high school teammate Jimmie Ward have joined up as the starting safeties in San Francisco the past few seasons and will be back for an- other year together. BASKETBALL Minnesota picks Ben Johnson as next head coach — Minnesota has picked former player and assistant Ben John- son to be the new head men’s basketball coach, according to a person with knowledge of the hire. Johnson will replace Rich- ard Pitino, who was fired after eight seasons and then took the job at New Mexico, according to the person who spoke Monday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the university had yet to make the announcement. The 40-year-old Johnson was on staff under Pitino with the Gophers for five seasons before spending the last three years at Xavier under Travis Steele. Oregon State wins bettor $33K on ridiculous $10 parlay — Oregon State’s win over Oklahoma State to advance in the NCAA tournament is providing a lot of sports fans a rea- son to be excited. The Beavers moved on to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1982 after a win over No. 4 seeded Okla- homa State, 80-70 on Sunday. As Beaver fans celebrated for the men’s team, so did a bettor who came up big. One gambler won $33,201.09 on a 10-leg, $10 parlay through DraftKings. The bettor correctly picked several upsets throughout the first weekend of the tournament. His picks were Abilene Christian over Texas, Oral Roberts over Florida, UCLA beating BYU, Arkansas over Texas Tech, Loyola Chicago over No. 1 seeded Illinois, Baylor over Wisconsin in the second round, Villa- nova over North Texas, Syracuse over West Virginia, Houston over Rutgers and Oregon State upsetting Oklahoma State. He nailed them all. 12 Trail Blazer players get first dose of vaccine — Twelve players from the Portland Trail Blazers received their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday, the team announced. The players were able to get the vaccine from the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, which had an excess supply of the vaccine and began offering it to the general public in February. “The Trail Blazers organization and players are grateful to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde for making these vaccines available to the general pub- lic,” the team said in a statement. The Blazers encouraged fans to get the vaccine, and said they would continue to use their platform to raise awareness about vaccination. —Bulletin wire reports MEGABUCKS The numbers drawn Monday night are: 4 11 16 18 27 46 Oregon Lottery results The estimated jackpot is now $3.4 million. As listed at OregonLottery.org and individual lottery websites Tuesday’s Games denver at Orlando, 4 p.m. l.a. lakers at new Orleans, 4:30 p.m. Washington at new york, 4:30 p.m. Phoenix at Miami, 5 p.m. Brooklyn at Portland, 7 p.m. Phila. at Golden state, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s Games detroit at indiana, 4 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. denver at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. charlotte at houston, 5 p.m. cleveland at chicago, 5 p.m. dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma city, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Orlando, 5 p.m. l.a. clippers at san antonio, 5:30 p.m. atlanta at sacramento, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at utah, 7 p.m. Thursday’s Games Portland at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Washington at new york, 4:30 p.m. l.a. clippers at san antonio, 5:30 p.m. Golden state at sacramento, 7 p.m. Phila. at l.a. lakers, 7 p.m. NCAA Men’s Tournament Second Round loyola chicago 71, illinois 58 syracuse 75, West Virginia 72 houston 63, rutgers 60 Baylor 76, Wisconsin 63 arkansas 68, Texas Tech 66 houston 63, rutgers 60 Oral roberts 81, Florida 78 Villanova 84, north Texas 61 Oregon state XX, Oklahoma stat XX NCAA Women’s Tournament First Round Missouri st. 70, uc davis 51 Wright st. 66, arkansas 62 Oregon 67, south dakota 47 Georgia 67, drexel 53 northwestrn 62, ucF 51a louisville 74, Marist 43 ucla 69, Wyoming 48 Texas 81, Bradley 62 alabama 80, north carolina 71 Maryland 98, Mount st. Mary’s 45 Belmont 64, Gonzaga 59 indiana 63, Vcu 32 Byu 69, rutgers 66 arizona 79, stony Brook 44 iowa st. 79, Michigan st. 75 Texas a&M 84, Troy 80 HOCKEY NHL East GP W L OT Pts GF GA n.y. islanders 33 21 8 4 46 98 73 Washington 31 20 7 4 44 106 92 Pittsburgh 32 19 11 2 40 100 88 Boston 28 16 8 4 36 77 66 Philadelphia 30 15 11 4 34 94 107 n.y. rangers 31 14 13 4 32 94 82 new Jersey 29 11 14 4 26 71 90 Buffalo 30 6 20 4 16 64 106 Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 31 23 6 2 48 115 73 carolina 31 21 7 3 45 104 78 Florida 31 20 7 4 44 105 88 chicago 32 14 13 5 33 95 106 columbus 33 13 13 7 33 86 106 nashville 32 14 17 1 29 77 103 dallas 28 10 10 8 28 80 75 detroit 32 10 18 4 24 71 104 West GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 29 21 7 1 43 95 66 colorado 29 19 8 2 40 97 65 Minnesota 30 19 10 1 39 89 76 st. louis 31 16 10 5 37 96 99 los angeles 30 13 11 6 32 88 84 arizona 31 13 13 5 31 77 92 san Jose 29 11 14 4 26 83 103 anaheim 33 9 18 6 24 72 112 North GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 32 20 10 2 42 107 83 edmonton 34 21 13 0 42 116 97 Winnipeg 31 18 11 2 38 100 91 Montreal 31 14 8 9 37 100 87 Vancouver 35 16 16 3 35 99 111 calgary 33 15 15 3 33 88 99 Ottawa 34 11 20 3 25 89 131 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. Tuesday’s Games n.y. islanders at Boston, ppd new Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. detroit at nashville, 8 p.m. Florida at chicago, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at dallas, 8:30 p.m. colorado at arizona, 10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games calgary at Ottawa, 5 p.m. anaheim at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m. edmonton at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. los angeles at san Jose, 10:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. carolina at columbus, 7 p.m. n.y. islanders at Boston, 7 p.m. n.y. rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. new Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 7 p.m. detroit at nashville, 8 p.m. Florida at chicago, 8 p.m. st. louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at dallas, 8:30 p.m. Vegas at colorado, 9 p.m. DEALS Monday’s Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League chicaGO WhiTe sOX — Optioned OF luis Gonzalez and rhP reynaldo lopez to alternate training site. reassigned rhPs Tayron Guerrero, alex Mcrae and connor sadzeck and inF Marco hernandez to minor league camp. Kansas ciTy rOyals — reassigned rhP Jackson Kowar, lhP daniel lynch, inF Bobby Witt Jr. and OF Kyle isbel to minor league camp. seaTTle Mariners — Optioned rhP yohan ramirez and inF donovan Walton to alternate training site. re-as- signed rhPs JT chargois, logan Gilbert, Taylor Guerri- eri, Vinny nittoll and Jimmy yacabonis to minor league camp. re-assigned lhP roenis elias to minor league rehab. released rhP Gerson Bautista. National League cOlOradO rOcKies — Optioned lhP Phillip diehl and rhP antonio santos to albuquerque (Triple-a West). reassigned lhPs Brian Gonzalez and ryan rolison, OF Jameson hannah and rhP chad smith to minor league camp. PiTTsBurGh PiraTes — Optioned OF Jared Olivia and rhP edgar santana. reassigned inF Kevin Kramer and rhP shea spitzbarth. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association cleVeland caValiers — released G Quinn cook as a free agent. FOOTBALL National Football League ariZOna cardinals — agreed to terms with Ols Max Garcia and Brian Winters on one-year contracts pend- ing the passing of a physical. re-signed P andy lee to a one-year contract. cincinnaTi BenGals — re-signed P Kevin huber to a one-year contract. cleVeland BrOWns — signed cB Troy hill. las VeGas raiders — signed c andre James to a multi- year contract extension. neW enGland PaTriOTs — retired s Patrick chung. resigned c david andrews. PiTTsBurGh sTeelers — signed Wr Tyler simmons to a one-year contract. san dieGO charGers — re-signed Te stephen an- derson. TaMPa Bay Buccaneers — re-signed Te rob Gron- kowski. Tennessee TiTans — agreed to terms with cB Kevin Johnson, lB Ola adeniyi and T Ty sambrailo. WashinGTOn FOOTBall TeaM — named dave Baldwin chief ticketing officer. HOCKEY National Hockey League ariZOna cOyOTes — recalled rW hudson Fasching from minor league taxi squad. designated c Michael chaput and G ivan Prosvetov for assignment taxi squad. reassigned G david Tendeck to minors Tuscon (ahl). cOluMBus Blue JacKeTs — recalled lW Mikhail Grig- orenko from minor league taxi squad. dallas sTars — designated lW Tanner Kero and c Justin dowling for assignment taxi squad. nashVille PredaTOrs — designated d alexandre carrier and c rem Pitlick for assignmnet taxi squad. OTTaWa senaTOrs — recalled G Filip Gustavsson from minor league taxi squad. VancOuVer canucKs — claimed c Travis Boyd off waivers. Minor League American Hockey League Grand raPids GriFFins — signed F albin Grewe to amateur tryout. East Coast Hockey League echl — suspended d arvin atwall for five games and fined an undisclosed amount as a result of his actions in Florida Greenville game. GreenVille sWaMP raBBiTs — acquired F Greg Meire- les from syracuse. Placed G Jake Kupsky on reserve. indy Fuel — reassigned G Tom aubrun from loan by rockford (ahl). recalled G Billy christopoulos from loan to hershey. raPid ciTy rush — activated d darren Brady from reserve. Placed d eric israel, F Jack suter and G Gordon defiel on reserve. Tulsa Oilers — Placed G roman durny on ir. released G Brad Benton. WichiTa Thunder — released F Tyler drevitch.< Southern Professional Hockey League hunTsVille haVOc — Waived c Josh Bowes. KnOXVille ice Bears — reassigned G austyn roudebush to echl. SOCCER Major League Soccer cOlOradO raPids — Traded a 2021 international ros- ter slot to atlanta united Fc in exchange for $225,000 in 2022 general allocation money. Fc cincinnaTi — reassigned MF allan cruz and d ron- ald Matarrita to costa rica national team. neW enGland reVOluTiOn — signed d Jon Bell and MF lucas Maciel Felix to one-year contracts with addi- tional club options. neW yOrK ciTy Fc — signed d chris Gloster on a two- year contract with an option to extend for two addi- tional seasons. OrlandO ciTy sc — signed F Wilfredo rivera to a three-year contract with club options in 2024 and 2025. COLLEGE The ciTadel — agreed to terms with duggar Baucom to a new one-year contract as head men’s basketball coach. Penn sTaTe uniVersiTy — named adam Fisher as men’s associate head basketball coach. uniVersiTy OF nOrTh carOlina — agreed to an ex- tension with head football coach Mack Brown. NFL Goodell is back on hand for draft in Cleveland — in person BY TOM WITHERS Associated Press CLEVELAND — Roger Goodell’s leaving his man cave for this year’s NFL draft. The Commissioner missed welcoming new players last year — and being booed. “He’s excited to get out of the basement,” joked league executive Peter O’Reilly. A year after a three- day stop in Las Vegas was scrapped and one of its signa- ture events had to go virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the league an- nounced Monday initial plans for this year’s draft in Cleve- land, where thousands of fans will be safely welcomed in a step toward normalcy. Goodell hosted last year’s draft from home, but he’ll be on hand for this year’s event, which will incorporate all the health and safety protocols learned by the league over the past year as well as the city’s best known locations along Lake Erie — FirstEnergy Sta- dium, home of the Browns, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Before announcing picks, one of Goodell’s duties on the first night is to open the draft, a moment followed by a cho- rus of loud, playful boos. This year, they’ll be music to his ears. The NFL feels confident it can hold a large-scale event after a successful run at this year’s Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida. And, given the events of the past year, the league feels this draft can have an even deeper meaning than just teams picking new players. “The draft is every year about hope. It’s about fans having hope with new play- ers, clubs having hope,” said O’Reilly, Vice President, Club Business & League Events. “The weather turning in parts of the country to spring, and NFL Commis- sioner Roger Goodell will announce the names of this year’s rookie draft class within shout- ing distance of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, shown above, and at other land- marks. Tony Dejak/AP NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is shown at left at Super Bowl 55 in Feb- ruary. The league announced some its plans for this year’s event in Cleve- land, which will include some of the prospects being in person after last year’s draft in Las Vegas was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Charlie Riedel/AP file the hope that comes with that. “But this year, probably more than ever, is about com- ing together and signaling a brighter future and commu- nities being able to come to- gether safely with the right protocols and pointing to what’s ahead.” With health and safety guidelines changing almost daily, the league does not yet have an “exact” figure of how many fans will be allowed to attend the free, outdoor fes- tivities associated with this year’s draft, which coincides with the Browns’ 75th anni- versary season. Masks will be required and provided, and the league will use many of the same health protocols implemented last season to accommodate “tens of thousands” of football fans. “The general message is that certainly we want to wel- come fans, not only from Cleveland but outside as well,” O’Reilly said. The league is continuing to work with state and local officials on finalizing safety protocols, with a priority on social distancing of any non-vaccinated fans. Some vaccinated fans selected by the teams will be allowed near the stage area. Some of this year’s top pros- pects and their families are in the process of being invited to Cleveland, where they’ll have their own “living room” space as players are selected. And like last year, players taken in the later rounds will par- ticipate remotely from their homes around the country. The league received pos- itive feedback on some ele- ments from last year’s virtual draft — players being shown on camera with their families, coaches and general managers working from home — and it intends to capture some of those intimate moments go- ing forward. With the lake serving as its backdrop, a large stage will serve as a hub for the draft’s activities, which will include picks being introduced by some of the NFL’s former and current stars. New on Day 3 will be teams announcing their own picks remotely. In keeping with Cleveland’s rock and roll tradition, there will be music performed daily by “headlining acts,” which have not yet been announced. While it might not be the full-blown draft Cleveland was hoping to host when it was awarded the annual event, it’s better than not hav- ing one. And it allows the Commis- sioner to leave his house. “His chair is a little worn out at this point,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy said with a chuckle. “It should be a lot of fun for all of us.”